Dear Wibbeteers: Watch Farrah Shipley's great new video at youtu.be/AMDvD_Ewf0U ... how much do you love it? ... top five Rhyming Answers get a Genuine Metal WBT Button ... to be awarded whenever our paths cross.

Oh Farrah, your skill surpasses!
Views will add up in masses.
You never cease to amaze,
Your kindies will raise,
The bar for all other classes!

This video does inspire
To teach like my hair’s on fire
The kids listen so well
It makes WBT easy to “sell”
How I do wish Farrah I could hire!

A Poem for Farrah and Biff and all the wibbeteers (read as if her students were saying it):

Hip-Hip Hey,

It's teach OK

Let's do it the Ms. Shipley way.

Hip-Hip Hey,

Hear her say-

We'll learn each day the WBT way.

Hip-Hip, OK

We can not play

We're too busy, the Ms. Shipley way!

I usually do better when I am in front of the kids. They know me as rhyming "red" at school (and yes bonus stars if they catch me making up a new one).

Annette Warren
San Diego, Kinder/first

AWE!!!!!!!!

COMPOUND WORDS

The eyes of Texas are upon you little birds,
Today we’ll learn about compound words.
I see your wonder - “Class, class, class”
“Yes ,yes, yes!” Oh my you’re fast.

Show me hands and eyes this way,
Make smart choices like the other day.
Take one word and add one more
Put them together like we did before.

Make big gestures with arms and face,
Teach! Okay! This is your special place.
Heads down, thumbs up, what do you know?
“Umph” “Oh yeah!” Let’s put on a show.

Hey, you’ve done it, made two words one,
Don’t compound words make kindergarten fun?

David,

This has to be my favorite so far!!! LOVE IT!! It is getting printed out and posted in my classroom!!!

Farrah Shipley
WBT
Texas
Kindergarten

Farrah and David, this is outstanding. I can see why it is your favorite. We talk about you Ms. Shipley in our class all the time, so may I use this too. We just finished compound words. We did a velcro wall. One word on the left, one on the right. Used gestures and they ran together and stuck. It was so cute.

When we get a little more dramatic, we will make a video for the web site.

Annette

Awesome Annette! I love them all actually! I showed David's poem to my VP and she loved it!

Only three and a half days left!!! WHOOO HOOO!!!! Summer fun, travel, and conferences!!!


Farrah Shipley
WBT
Kindergarten
Texas